Despite the extreme checking, Katie insists it makes her kids safer on their phones, explaining: "I make it clear to them that they never send people pictures of anything and things have to be private. They know I’m going to through it all.

"I go through their history, their recently deleted – I go through everything.

Loose Women: Katie insisted the kids have learnt from her intense snooping [ITV]

"I say to them 'if I do find something, and you break that trust, you won't be getting your phone back' – so they've learnt."